FAQ

When are you available for extra help?
What do I do if I am absent?
What about makeup labs?
When I go to "Grades", what do the numbers under each assignment mean?
How do you arrive at the quarterly grade?

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 When are you available for extra help?
Most Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons.  Please check with me first 
before planning on staying afterschool to ensure my availability.
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 What do I do if I am absent?
Students are responsible for all make-up work.  Get the notes from the class 
you miss from a classmate.  Homework assignments are available under your 
class period's calendar on this website.  
Assignments that were due on the date of your absence are due the day you 
return to school.
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 What about makeup labs?
Any missed lab work needs to be made up after school.  If more than one student needs to make up the 
same lab, we will try to find a mutually available time to make it up.
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 When I go to "Grades", what do the numbers under each assignment mean?
The number under an assignment tells you how many points you earned on that assignment.  The 
general breakdown of the maximum points possible for assignments is as follows:  Homework = 2 
points; Lab Activity = 10; Lab Report = 20; Quiz = 20; Test = 50.
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 How do you arrive at the quarterly grade?
Using a point-based grading system, I simply take the total number of points you earned for the 
quarter and divide it by the total possible points.  For example, if there were 250 possible points to be 
earned in a quarter and you earned a total of 200 points, your grade would be: 200/250 = 0.8 = 80% 
(B-).
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